Anti Nowhere League So What

[Griff]

There was another band from Tonbridge Wells who supported the League at the Clarendon Hotel Basement Bar, back in the day. Sheer Filth they were called, and were funny as fuck too.

 

[Tank Girl]

Woman
I'm in love in you
My love is deep
My love is true
To you, woman, I'm in love

Your hair's so soft
Your eyes are blue
Your skin is warm
And I'll be true to you
Woman, I'm in love with you

You came to me in a dream, I'm sure
You gave your love, you gave much more to me
Woman
Will you marry me?

Do you take this woman
To be your lawful wedded wife
To love and to cherish
And in sickness and in health
Till death do you part?
I do.

Till death us do part [6x]

What's that you just said to me
You didn't love me like this yesterday
Woman
I don't understand

And what's that you did say to me
I guess this love is just more to me
Woman
You're annoying me

Yeah, you're sitting on your arse in your dirty clothes
You're looking a mess, you're picking your nose
Woman
You're a fucking mess

Your tits are big but your brains are small
Sometimes I wonder you got any brains at all
Woman
Ah stuff yourself

Well fuck you, fuck you
Don't you tell me what to do
Woman
Ah fuck off

I've got my deed, I've married you
What did I do to deserve you?
Woman
Why me?

Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
Woman
I hate you

that one was my most favourite

 

[josef1878]

Precisely. They were great for a laugh.

I always got a bit worried about punks that took the League's faux-nihilism seriously. From there it was only a short step to listening to the Exploited and thinking that Wattie's lyrics were the height of social commentary!

Didn't/doesn't Watties brother do the songwriting?

 

[big eejit]

GG Allin - Watch me kill

We walked along and talked along 'till we
To the levelest ground
Then I picked up a stick of wood and I
Knocked the Boston bitch down

Watch me kill, watch me kill the Boston girl

She fell upon her begging knees crying Lord
Have mercy on me
Oh, GG don't murder me now for I'm
I'm not prepared to die, but

Watch me kill, watch me kill the Boston girl

Little attention did I pay,
I beat her more and more
I beat her 'till the blood gushed out,
Then I raped that bleeding whore, yeah

Watch me kill, watch me kill the Boston girl

We walked along and talked along 'till we came
To the levelest ground
Then I picked up a stick of wood and I
Knocked the Boston bitch down

Watch me kill, watch me kill the Boston girl
Watch me kill, watch me kill the Boston girl

You can't beat a bit of good old country music.

 

[killer b]

i was trying to find a video of 'dogshit' by lovely g.g, but no joy.

 

[samk]

compare what would cause similar offense today

music video, starting On a plane heading toward one of the twin towers

As passengers realise what is about to happen thanks to a crazed rant from a terrist guarding the cockpit door, a last minute orgy breaks out. A respectable banker takes his last chance with a cute but initially unwilling nine year old girl, who enjoys loudly enjoys it shortly afterwards.

..cross cut to conspiracy control room where the mayor of new york and the chief of police snort cocaine off the back of an amputee and jews pray over the protocols of the elders of zion...

As the plane impacts and metal begins to crumple, a spectral jesus walks down the aisle, swigging special brew, and taking the deserving to heaven. As the nonce repented seconds before impact,he is taken to heaven.

 

[northeastoipunk]

went into woolworths
to buy some dye
a bloke came up and punched me in the eye
what did he do he punched me in the eye
how many times
two three four

ha ha classic from chaotic dischord
anarchy in woolworths

 

[Fedayn]

For You


We laugh..but no-one's laughing
We kiss..and no-one cares
So we shout..but no-one's listening
So we live..like no-one dares

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend

So we laugh..but no-one's laughing
And we kiss..but no-one cares
So we shout..but no-one's listening
So we live..like no-one dares

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend

So we cry..but now you're laughing
So we hate..but now who cares
So we shout..but now you're listening
So we'll die..and you won't care

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you

I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend

 

[moose]

People die over religion
Look at northern ireland
Kids are brought up on hatred
If thats religion i dont want it
Fuck religion full of shit
Fuck religion full of shit
Fuck religion full of shit
Jimmy bakker on tv
A lying fuck but people believe
Caught in a hotel with his trousers down
Saving souls for his fee
Fuck religion full of shit
Fuck religion full of shit
Fuck religion full of shit
Religion aint worth dying for
Who can prove god was a man
Can you prove that god was man

 

[kittyP]

we are hoping to support them, the ANL.

I have been known to listen to 'So what' to get me going and out of the house before work in the mornings!

 

[samk]

So I didnt kill the thread then

the original somg was funny

 

[Clint Iguana]

KILL by
I don't give a damn I don't fucking care
I'm gonna kill me mum and then pull out me hair
I'm fed up with the dole and the human race
Gonna cut me liver out and shove it in your face.

Kill! Kill!

I don't like animals or lifting heavy weights
Gonna shoot me fingers off and carve up all me mates
Gonna steal a motor car and smash it all to pieces
Gonna cut me liver out and pin it on your braces.

Kill! Kill!

I'm not pathetic, I'm lazy and rude
I'm boring and I'm stupid and I'm vicious and crude
I get thrown out of pubs and stuff for pissing on the floor
Gonna cut me liver out and nail it on your door.

Kill! Kill!

 

[Sweet FA]

For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you

We had that at our wedding as people were leaving the ceremony. That and Highway to Hell

 

[chico enrico]

it was a classic , still love seeing the league finnish there set with it , always gets the crowd going mental , always a good band and good blokes too

hoho...aren't you forgetting when they changed their name to The League and became a bizarrely MOR heavy metal act in the late 80s?

 

[chico enrico]

ahem...........

"Fighting In The Streets"

You're walking along quietly
There's the sound of running feet
You turn around the corner
There's fighting on the street
See all the kids they wanna good time
They all wanna get stuck in
Don't give a fuck what happens
AS long as they get one in
Put the boot in!

"Evil"

I like breaking arms and legs
snapping spines and wringing necks
now i'll knife you in the back
Kick your bones until they crack

I'm Evil, evil, evil, evil Evil, evil, evil, evil

Jump up and down upon your head
Kick you around 'til your dead
Fill your body full of lead
See the roads turn to red

I'm Evil, evil, evil, evil Evil, evil, evil, evil

"Violence Today"

Walking down the street
get jumped on by a gang
they knock you on the head
and they kick you when you're down
slash you in the face
use a big knife
another in your head
and that's the end of your life

"Wonderful World"

Standing in the pub on your own for the night
Group of nutters try to pick a fight
You can try and plead for your life
Theyre still cut you with a fucking great knife

"Chaos"
Do you remember in 1969?
Seeing all the skinheads standing in a line
Foaming at the mouth, Waiting for a fight
High boots, cropped hair, what a fuckin sight

Come back of the skinhead come back of the boot
People that we don't beat up We're gonna fucking shoot
We are the new breed, we will have our say
we are the new breed, we ain't gonna die

Trouble in East London
Trouble in the street
On the street corners
Where the gang still meets
Talking about the weekend
What they're gonna do?
If you aint careful
They're are gonna do you!

Come back of the skinhead
come back of the boot
People that we don't beat up
We're gonna fucking shoot
We are the new breed, we will have our say
we are the new breed, we ain't gonna die

Chaos in the city
Civil war now
Skinheads taking over
Like skinheads know how
Skinhead with his boots on
Nobodys fool
Skinheads taking over
Chaos is the rule!
Chaos, chaos, chaos - dont give a toss Chaos, chaos, chaos - dont give a
toss!

"Violence"

There's rucking in the street and there's blood on your hands
Your'e boozing in the pub and going round in gangs
Cruising round in motors trying to get someone
Kick 'em stab 'em club 'em until the job is done

There's violence in our town
There's violence all around
There's violence in your town
There's violence all around, around, around

People never learn however much you try
There's violence in your blood so someone's gotta die
Cruising round in motors trying to get someone
Kick 'em stab 'em club 'em until the job is done

(and there's plenty more where those came from...)

"we don't glorify violence - we just sing about what happens"

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Peter and the Test Tube Babies
When a cops gonna nick yer, when yer dad's gonna hit yer.
When the bird you're with is rough, when you can't drink enough.

Up yer bum, up yer bum, up yer bum, up yer bum.
Up, up, up, up, up, up yer bum.

When you can't get the hard, when you've lost yer dole card.
When yer bird's got clap, when yer beers gone flat.

When yer neighbours complain, when yer bird's on again.
When you can't scrounge a fag, when yer mum starts to nag.

 

[trevhagl]

ahem...........

"Fighting In The Streets"

You're walking along quietly
There's the sound of running feet
You turn around the corner
There's fighting on the street
See all the kids they wanna good time
They all wanna get stuck in
Don't give a fuck what happens
AS long as they get one in
Put the boot in!

"Evil"

I like breaking arms and legs
snapping spines and wringing necks
now i'll knife you in the back
Kick your bones until they crack

I'm Evil, evil, evil, evil Evil, evil, evil, evil

Jump up and down upon your head
Kick you around 'til your dead
Fill your body full of lead
See the roads turn to red

I'm Evil, evil, evil, evil Evil, evil, evil, evil

"Violence Today"

Walking down the street
get jumped on by a gang
they knock you on the head
and they kick you when you're down
slash you in the face
use a big knife
another in your head
and that's the end of your life

"Wonderful World"

Standing in the pub on your own for the night
Group of nutters try to pick a fight
You can try and plead for your life
Theyre still cut you with a fucking great knife

"Chaos"
Do you remember in 1969?
Seeing all the skinheads standing in a line
Foaming at the mouth, Waiting for a fight
High boots, cropped hair, what a fuckin sight

Come back of the skinhead come back of the boot
People that we don't beat up We're gonna fucking shoot
We are the new breed, we will have our say
we are the new breed, we ain't gonna die

Trouble in East London
Trouble in the street
On the street corners
Where the gang still meets
Talking about the weekend
What they're gonna do?
If you aint careful
They're are gonna do you!

Come back of the skinhead
come back of the boot
People that we don't beat up
We're gonna fucking shoot
We are the new breed, we will have our say
we are the new breed, we ain't gonna die

Chaos in the city
Civil war now
Skinheads taking over
Like skinheads know how
Skinhead with his boots on
Nobodys fool
Skinheads taking over
Chaos is the rule!
Chaos, chaos, chaos - dont give a toss Chaos, chaos, chaos - dont give a
toss!

"Violence"

There's rucking in the street and there's blood on your hands
Your'e boozing in the pub and going round in gangs
Cruising round in motors trying to get someone
Kick 'em stab 'em club 'em until the job is done

There's violence in our town
There's violence all around
There's violence in your town
There's violence all around, around, around


People never learn however much you try
There's violence in your blood so someone's gotta die
Cruising round in motors trying to get someone
Kick 'em stab 'em club 'em until the job is done

(and there's plenty more where those came from...)

"we don't glorify violence - we just sing about what happens"

In 2000 Chubby Chris had gone and the (supposedly) left wing Deptford John took over. The music was great but we were treated to classics like-

"Tell the fucking beggars to get off their arse
I'm working not middle class"

!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[trevhagl]

hoho...aren't you forgetting when they changed their name to The League and became a bizarrely MOR heavy metal act in the late 80s?

And political too, with an anti apartheid song i think!

 

[trevhagl]

Saw The League on Thurs and it was pretty bizarre, Johnny Skullknuckles from Goldblade on guitar and Animal competing with him, jumping around like a lunatic (I will wager marching powder was involved)

 

[ChocolateTeapot]

There was a punk band from Northern England in the 1980's called The Destructors: used to sing what I am guessing they thought were amusing ditties about "The Northern Ripper" and "Dachau Was No Butlins Holiday Camp". But they were just shite comapred to the mighty popular beat combo Peter & The Test Tube Babies with their searing social commentary covering topics such as arson, accidentally copping of with a transvestite, shop burglary and being battered by enraged teddy boys...

 

[trevhagl]

There was a punk band from Northern England in the 1980's called The Destructors: used to sing what I am guessing they thought were amusing ditties about "The Northern Ripper" and "Dachau Was No Butlins Holiday Camp". But they were just shite comapred to the mighty popular beat combo Peter & The Test Tube Babies with their searing social commentary covering topics such as arson, accidentally copping of with a transvestite, shop burglary and being battered by enraged teddy boys...

I read in No More heroes (great book) that Allen Adams got pulled in for questioning in the ripper case!! Cos they used the Wearside Jack sample on the 7" i think...

 

[Griff]

In 2000 Chubby Chris had gone and the (supposedly) left wing Deptford John took over. The music was great but we were treated to classics like-

"Tell the fucking beggars to get off their arse
I'm working not middle class"

!!!!!!!!!!!!

2000! My God! They were still going then?

Used to speak to Deptford John quite a bit at gigs and stuff, and he always came across as a nice bloke. This was back in '82 though.

 

[trevhagl]

2000! My God! They were still going then?

Used to speak to Deptford John quite a bit at gigs and stuff, and he always came across as a nice bloke. This was back in '82 though.

Yeah well he was always referred to as "the left wing one" and i think he later played in the Subs but the CDEP is pretty eyeopening! They even have a paramilitary type video to one of the songs, maybe it's the old "get more right wing as you get older" thing.....!

 

[rutabowa]

i just discovered this song it is my new favourite! i never heard of the band before, "Those Unknown", an american bands from the 90s, the singer sounds a bit australian to me though. anyway this song has been on repeat: